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This report assesses the 2000 – 2015 trends in highway traffic volumes, public transit ridership, bicycle trips, and pedestrian trips entering and leaving the Philadelphia Central Business District (CBD). Traffic volumes are expressed as both vehicle and person trips. Public transit, bicycle, and pedestrian trips are expressed as person trips. This report analyzes all trips crossing the North, West,…

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) commissioned the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to construct a powerful computer model capable of simulating, visualizing, and assessing traffic conditions along the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) to use as a practical research tool. The tool can be used to determine the effects of growth, predict outcomes of changes to the…

The Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) commissioned the Delaware Valley Regional Planning Commission (DVRPC) to construct a powerful computer model capable of simulating, visualizing, and assessing traffic conditions along the Schuylkill Expressway (I-76) to use as a practical research tool. The tool can be used to determine the effects of growth, predict outcomes of changes to…

The purpose of this project was to gather, inventory, and analyze all the thinking on future bus routes, networks, and operating patterns in Mercer County that has already been done, and consider the degree to which the services envisioned meet the needs of current and forecast county residents and workers under a series of longrange growth scenarios. Following an evaluation of policy considerations,…

This report documents 2015 and 2035 traffic forecasts under the No-Build and the Preferred Build Alternative (former Build Alternative 2) for the Pottstown Bypass (US 422) project study area, which considers alternative configurations of the Stowe and Armand Hammer interchanges

This report details the campaign development implementation of Classic Towns of Greater Philadelphia. In 2008, DVRPC announced the inaugural group of Classic Towns. This report details the market research, data review, and Website development. Recommendations include media purchases, public relations tasks, and staff follow-up. In addition, information on the types of market research conducted…

The purpose of this study is to conduct a feasibility analysis of using the West Chester Pike median between 69th Terminal and I-476 for a reversible busway. It takes a "fatal flaw" approach, trying to identify potential problems that would prevent conversion of the median. Areas examined included identification of physical obstructions in the median, transit ridership and the impact on transit operations,…

This report presents current traffic counts as well as Year 1998 and 2018 traffic forecasts on a 7.5-mile segment of US 202 between the Delaware State Line and and Matlack Street in Chester County. It was prepared at the request of PennDot which is conducting environmental impact and preliminary engineering studies for improvements to US 202 Section 100 in Chester County. The DVRPC's regional travel…

This report represents a planning effort to support the local counties and municipalities in both New Jersey and Pennsylvania in addressing the safety and mobility issues along their arterial road network. This network can typically experience congested conditions due to high traffic volumes and or limited capacity. Accidents occurring along these congested facilities not only result in injuries but…

This report presents 2010 and 2030 forecasts for the no-build and three build alternatives for the SR 23 Section UMT corridor in Upper Merion Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. It was prepared at the request of the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, which is conducting traffic alternatives analyses for the area. DVRPC's travel simulation model was utilized to estimate future traffic…